Darnay is immediately imprisoned when he presents his identification in France. People are being killed right and left, and he had no idea how bad things were. He attempts to get sympathy from Defarge when he is being taken to prison, but Defarge has none. When he arrives in the prison, he is put in a solitary cell, although he manages to get a letter to Lucie telling of his predicament.
Lucie and the whole family appear at Mr. Lorry's door, surprising him for he knew nothing of Darnay being there. Dr. Manette is confident he can assist Darnay, seeing as how he was a prisoner for 18 years and revolutionaries would admire him. Mr. Lorry takes Lucie and her family to a safe place, with Jerry Cruncher, because he does not want to risk Tellsons being involved with them. He then brings Defarge, Madame Defarge, and a woman called The Vengeance to go see Lucie. Lucie asks them for help, but they decline, saying that one woman's husband is not their concern. Madame Defarge knits Lucie into the register.
Lucie finds out that there is a place where Darnay can see her from his prison. She stands there every day for over a year. She talks to a wood-sawyer who thinks of his saw as a mini guillotine. Darnay is put on trial, and thanks to Dr. Manette and other witnesses, he is released.
The next day soldiers retake Darnay to prison, saying that the Defarges and Manette himself are the accusers.
Elsewhere in Paris, Cruncher and Miss Pross find her lost brother, Solomon Pross, who has been working as a spy under the name John Barsad. Sydney Carton appears and blackmails Barsad into helping him with his plan to save Darnay.
Darnays third trial is held and Defarge reads a letter Dr. Manette wrote while in the Bastille, telling the story of his imprisonment. Darnay's family kidnapped a girl, brutally raped her, and went to Manette for her medical care. He also tended to the girl's brother, who had come to save his sister but was stabbed. He was too late to save the brother, or the girl. The two brothers imprison Manette so he does not reveal their secret, and Manette condemns all of Darnays family to death, so Darnay is sentenced to death.
Carton goes to the wine shop, and discovers Madame Defarge plans to kill Lucie and her family as well. He returns to Mr. Lorry and gets them ready to leave France as quickly as possible. Manette has again gone completely back to his shoe making state of mind, frantically looking for his shoe making supplies. Carton gives Mr. Lorry his own traveling papers, saying one last goodbye to Lucie, whispering in her ear " A life you love" (Dickens 260).
Carton goes to Darnay's cell and they switch clothes. He has Darnay write a letter of explanation before drugging him and having Barsad take him away to Lucie. Carton is taken in Darnay's place. While Lucie, Manette, Lorry, Little Lucie and Darnay flee.
Meanwhile, Madame Defarge goes to find Lucie to find proof that she is mourning, so she can have her killed too. She finds Miss Pross, there is a struggle where Defarge accidentally shoots herself. Miss Pross goes deaf from the shot.
Carton is taken to the guillotine with a young seamstress. He is killed in place of Darnay. Carton thinks in his last moments that this is the best act he has ever done, and the novel ends with a true passage written during the time of the French Revolution.
Book 3:
Darnay is immediately imprisoned when he presents his identification in France. People are being killed right and left, and he had no idea how bad things were. He attempts to get sympathy from Defarge when he is being taken to prison, but Defarge has none. When he arrives in the prison, he is put in a solitary cell, although he manages to get a letter to Lucie telling of his predicament.
Lucie and the whole family appear at Mr. Lorry's door, surprising him for he knew nothing of Darnay being there. Dr. Manette is confident he can assist Darnay, seeing as how he was a prisoner for 18 years and revolutionaries would admire him. Mr. Lorry takes Lucie and her family to a safe place, with Jerry Cruncher, because he does not want to risk Tellsons being involved with them. He then brings Defarge, Madame Defarge, and a woman called The Vengeance to go see Lucie. Lucie asks them for help, but they decline, saying that one woman's husband is not their concern. Madame Defarge knits Lucie into the register.
The next day soldiers retake Darnay to prison, saying that the Defarges and Manette himself are the accusers.
Elsewhere in Paris, Cruncher and Miss Pross find her lost brother, Solomon Pross, who has been working as a spy under the name John Barsad. Sydney Carton appears and blackmails Barsad into helping him with his plan to save Darnay.
Darnays third trial is held and Defarge reads a letter Dr. Manette wrote while in the Bastille, telling the story of his imprisonment. Darnay's family kidnapped a girl, brutally raped her, and went to Manette for her medical care. He also tended to the girl's brother, who had come to save his sister but was stabbed. He was too late to save the brother, or the girl. The two brothers imprison Manette so he does not reveal their secret, and Manette condemns all of Darnays family to death, so Darnay is sentenced to death.
Carton goes to the wine shop, and discovers Madame Defarge plans to kill Lucie and her family as well. He returns to Mr. Lorry and gets them ready to leave France as quickly as possible. Manette has again gone completely back to his shoe making state of mind, frantically looking for his shoe making supplies. Carton gives Mr. Lorry his own traveling papers, saying one last goodbye to Lucie, whispering in her ear " A life you love" (Dickens 260).
Carton goes to Darnay's cell and they switch clothes. He has Darnay write a letter of explanation before drugging him and having Barsad take him away to Lucie. Carton is taken in Darnay's place. While Lucie, Manette, Lorry, Little Lucie and Darnay flee.
Meanwhile, Madame Defarge goes to find Lucie to find proof that she is mourning, so she can have her killed too. She finds Miss Pross, there is a struggle where Defarge accidentally shoots herself. Miss Pross goes deaf from the shot.
Carton is taken to the guillotine with a young seamstress. He is killed in place of Darnay. Carton thinks in his last moments that this is the best act he has ever done, and the novel ends with a true passage written during the time of the French Revolution.